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18 Cards in this Set
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staple foods
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food that forms the basis of a traditional diet (rice, millet, wheat, barley)
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Xia
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regional state of China/dynasty existing from 2100 to 1600 B.C.
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"China's sorrow"
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nickname for the Yellow river or Huang He river as it is unpredictable and floods occasionally and destroys anything in its path
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Shang
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regional state China;second historic Chinese dynasty and ruled in the northeastern region of the area known as "China proper", in the Yellow River valley
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"mandate of heaven"
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concept which states that emperor's rule reflects his role as "son of heaven"
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royal court
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extended household/collection of people based around a ruler
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cowrie shells
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shells from group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks
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extended family
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refers to kindred who does not belong to the conjugal family
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consort
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a spouse, usually of royalty or of a deity, sometimes slightly inferior in function/status
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dynasty
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a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations
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loess
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fine, silty, pale yellow or buff in color, windblown deposit
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hereditary state
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state in which power is passed based on ancestry and relation
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Zhou
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regional state in China/dynasty from 1122 to 256 B.C.
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decentralized administration
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administration is dispersed and organized closer to the people being governed
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artisans
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skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft
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ancestor veneration
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practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and/or possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living
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oracle bones
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pieces of bone or turtle shell used in royal divination from the mid Shang to early Zhou dynasties in ancient China
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steppe nomads
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nomads who herded in the arid environment of the steppe
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